{"id":756,"date":"2020-12-31T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T11:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/els\/?p=756"},"modified":"2020-12-31T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T11:52:08","slug":"steps-to-write-a-comparison-and-contrast-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.binus.ac.id\/lc\/2020\/12\/steps-to-write-a-comparison-and-contrast-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to Write a Comparison and Contrast Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Follow these steps when writing a comparison\/contrast essay:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Identify similarities and differences.<\/strong>\u00a0 If you have two items to compare or contrast, figure out how they are similar and how they are different.\u00a0 You will need to find at least three points for comparison or contrast.\u00a0 Then write the detailed characteristics for each point.\u00a0 Let\u2019s say you want to compare two types of dogs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">\n<h3>Points<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">\n<h3>Labradors<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"182\">\n<h3>Cocker Spaniels<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">Appearance:<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">large, solid color, short hair<\/td>\n<td width=\"182\">small, mixed color, long hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">Temperament:<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">easy going, social, rarely bites<\/td>\n<td width=\"182\">high strung, independent, often bites<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">Performance:<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">retrieves in water, excellent swimmer, complex fetching<\/td>\n<td width=\"182\">retrieves on land, average swimmer, simple fetching<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>State your purpose in the thesis sentence.\u00a0 <\/strong>Identify the two subjects that you will compare or contrast and state whether you will focus on similarities, differences, or both.\u00a0 The thesis may also indicate which points you will compare or contrast.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Choose a pattern to organize your essay.\u00a0 <\/strong>The two major patterns for organizing a comparison\/contrast essay are:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\"><strong>Point-by-Point.\u00a0 <\/strong>Each point is addressed in a separate paragraph.\u00a0 You discuss both of your subjects together for each point of comparison and contrast.\u00a0 Maintain consistency by discussing the same subject first for each point.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The following is an example of point-by-point organization:<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Introduction<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Appearance\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Lab<\/li>\n<li>Cocker Spaniel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Temperament\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Lab<\/li>\n<li>Cocker Spaniel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Performance\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Lab<\/li>\n<li>Cocker Spaniel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Conclusion<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\"><strong>Subject-by-Subject (Whole-to-Whole).\u00a0 <\/strong>You write first about one of your subjects, covering it completely, and then you write about the other, covering it completely.\u00a0 Each subject is addressed in a separate paragraph.\u00a0 The points of comparison or contrast will be the same for each subject and will be presented in the same order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\">The following is an example of subject-by-subject organization:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\">Introduction<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Labs\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Appearance<\/li>\n<li>Temperament<\/li>\n<li>Performance<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cocker Spaniels\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Appearance<\/li>\n<li>Temperament<\/li>\n<li>Performance<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\">Conclusion<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Use appropriate transitions. <\/strong>Transitions are important in comparison\/contrast writing, especially with the point-by-point organization, to avoid confusion.\u00a0 Without transitions, the points you are comparing\/contrasting may blur into one another.\u00a0 Also, a variety of transitions prevent monotony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\">A list of transitions follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\"><strong>For comparison:\u00a0 <\/strong><em>like, same, both, the same as, similar, in the same way, most important, similarly, as, too, have in common, as well as.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\"><strong>For contrast:\u00a0 <\/strong><em>although, however, differ, unlike, even though, yet, but, instead, on the contrary, on the other hand, whereas, while, unless, contrary to, the reverse.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow these steps when writing a comparison\/contrast essay: Identify similarities and differences.\u00a0 If you have two items to compare or contrast, figure out how they are similar and how they are different.\u00a0 You will need to find at least three points for comparison or contrast.\u00a0 Then write the detailed characteristics for each point.\u00a0 Let\u2019s say 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